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I have a table I am using for some headings. I would like the first entry in the table to not be indented, while being able to maintain the space between the first and seconds table items.

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The latex code for my document:

\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}
\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}%
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}%
\usepackage[
top    = 0.608cm,
bottom = 0.664cm,
left   = 1.20cm,
right  = 1.10cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{p{15cm} p{4cm}}
    \textbf{Company name} - position & 01/0001 - 12/2999
\end{tabular}\\
Just some random filler text

\end{document}

I found this answer, which works but I have not been able to make it work while maintaining the spacing as I have it currently.

Is there a way?

Jake Rankin
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  • I'm not seeing the need for a table. It seems like \noindent\textbf{Company name} - position\hfill01/0001 - 12/2999\\ would do the job, and be more semantic as well (and use \makebox or \parbox if you truly need the widths). – Teepeemm Dec 17 '19 at 20:51
  • Try \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0pt}% preferably in a group or environment. – John Kormylo Dec 17 '19 at 21:33
  • @Teepeemm Is there something negative about using a table? – Jake Rankin Dec 19 '19 at 19:44
  • It's similar to the idea that using <table> tags is bad in html if you're only doing it for layout purposes. A table should be for data in a tabular format, otherwise you're mixing styling and content. (There's also a house of cards phenomena - the more commands you add in to try to make something work, the more likely something will go wrong.) – Teepeemm Dec 19 '19 at 22:10

1 Answers1

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Just add @{} in before the first p column to remove the side bearing in the tabular. All columns has a \tabcolsep white space at each side. @{} remove the space between columns. You can do the same in the last column, to move right aligned (or justified) text in a column to the right margin.

The package fullpage is unnecessary when you use geometry, and in addition, geometry is a modern, flexible and much better package.

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\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}
%\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}   %% Remove this line
\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}%
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}%
\usepackage[
top    = 0.608cm,
bottom = 0.664cm,
left   = 1.20cm,
right  = 1.10cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{@{}p{15cm} p{4cm}}
    \textbf{Company name} - position & 01/0001 - 12/2999
\end{tabular}\\
Just some random filler text

\end{document}
Bernard
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